Divorced by her husband's family and rejected by her own! She defiantly turned her life around

Aunt Yu thought to herself, "Since I can't get it back, could I at least stay here?" "April," she said, "my house is so dilapidated, and you wouldn't be living here anyway, could I borrow it?"

"Aunt Yu, I really can't lend it to you. Do you see those other families? They're moving away in a few days. I just want my family to live here in peace and quiet, and I don't want outsiders to bother us."

Seeing that she couldn't get anything out of April, Aunt Yu could only say, "April, then open the door for me. My bundle is still inside."

"Qingling, go open the door."

Aunt Yu took her bundle and left the end of the village, looking back every few steps. She was going to find the village chief, who was the only one who could help her now. She hoped that the village chief would take pity on her, a woman, and lend her a hand in her time of need.

Aunt Yu walked through the village carrying her bundle. The village women recognized her immediately. "Oh, isn't this Yu Feng's mother? When did you come back? I remember the village chief said you weren't allowed to come back!"

"I just miss my grandson, you know I raised Gouwa myself."

"Then why aren't you looking for jujube blossoms? What are you doing running to the end of the village?"

"I didn't know Zaohua had sold the house at the end of the village. Her family home is so far away, how could I possibly get there?"

The woman covered her mouth and laughed. "Aunt Yu, you're not joking with me, are you? Her family home is far away? How far is her family home? It's right here in this village."

"What did you say? Zaohua's family lives in our village."

"Yes, her family moved to our village a long time ago, you didn't even know."

"I don't know, nobody told me. So where are they living now?"

"The Bai family's house was originally Liu Dachui's house, and Zaohua's house was originally Liu Tiedan's house."

Where did those two families go?

"Those two families deserved it. Just like your son, they colluded with outsiders to steal things from Dawang's house, but they didn't steal anything and ended up getting caught instead."

They were expelled from the clan long ago and driven out of the village by the village chief. Now, no one knows where they have gone.

"I told Yu Feng's mother, you shouldn't have come back. It would be so embarrassing if the village chief kicked you out. You and your son have ruined a perfectly good family. Now you're back to see Gouwa, doesn't your new wife have any objections?"

Aunt Yu didn't know what to say. "Thank you, I have to go find Gouwa and her mother now." She slung her bag over her shoulder and fled as if she were escaping.

When she arrived at Zaohua's house, the door was neither locked nor closed. She pushed it open with her hand. No one was home. The things inside were arranged neatly, and the room was spotless. She could tell that all these things belonged to their family. No doubt, this was Zaohua's house.

She put down her bundle, hurried to the kitchen, grabbed a ladle, scooped half a ladle of cold water from the vat, and drank it down in one gulp. The water was very cold in winter, but she was so thirsty.

She drank half a ladle of water, which made her shiver with cold. When she lifted the lid of the pot, there was still porridge inside, which was still warm.

She ate two large bowls of porridge from the pot, finishing every last drop, and finally came back to life.

Aunt Yu washed the pots and pans clean and sat in the room waiting for Zao Hua to come back.

Zaohua went to her parents' house, talked with them for a while, and then left Gouwa with her mother while she went up the mountain to collect firewood.

When she got home, she found the front door open. She remembered that she had closed the door and locked it when she left.

Zao Hua quickly returned to her room and saw a person lying on the bed. She didn't dare to make a sound, and thinking about the thieves that had come to the village before, she felt a little scared.

She quietly slipped out, locked the gate, and started shouting, "Help! Help! A thief has broken into my house!"

Thieves broke into the village in broad daylight! Everyone grabbed their machetes and sticks and came out. Someone quickly went to call the village chief.

Aunt Yu was fast asleep and didn't hear anything. "Zaohua, where's the thief?"

"The thief was lying on my bed. I was afraid he would run away, so I locked the door."

"That thief is really bold, coming to your house to sleep in broad daylight."

"I don't know. I went back to my parents' house, and when I got home I found the front door open. When I went into the room, I saw someone lying on the bed."

"Who can go to the construction site over there and call some men over? What if we're a bunch of old people, women, and children, and we can't subdue the thief?"

A child quickly ran to the construction site to call for help. The men who were working there heard that a thief had come to the village in broad daylight, so they grabbed their tools and went to Zaohua's door.

"Zao Hua, where's the thief?"

"Lying in bed at home."

"Wow! You've got some nerve. Open the door. I want to see who's got the nerve to steal in broad daylight."

Zao Hua opened the courtyard gate, and several burly men stormed into the room. Seeing a person lying on the bed, they grabbed him by the collar and threw him out of the room without saying a word.

The throw caused Aunt Yu to fall quite hard, and she lay on the ground groaning in pain.

Only then did everyone realize who was lying on the ground.

"Isn't that Yu Feng's mother? What's she doing here?"

Zao Hua never expected that Yu Feng's mother would actually come to her door.

The burly men blushed and said, "Well, you guys talk first, we'll be going now."

A group of men came in all high spirits, did nothing, and left, causing a misunderstanding. They talked about the mother and son as they walked away.

"How dare Yu Feng's mother come back to find Zao Hua?"

"If we can't survive, what does face matter? Many people may not know this, but I have heard that Yu Feng's new wife ran away with all the money in the house, and Yu Feng was sent to work in the mines for 10 years."

She was a woman alone in the county town, probably without even a place to stay. Desperate, she shamelessly came to Zaohua's house.

"I wonder if Zaohua will take it in?"

"Stop worrying about that. Whether we take you in or not is none of our business. Go back to work."

Aunt Yu lay there on the ground, and no one went to help her up. She forced herself to stand up and managed a weak smile, saying, "I'm sorry to have disturbed you, my fellow villagers."

"Zaohua, your mother has come back to see you and Gouwa."

"Aunt Yu, I have nothing to do with you anymore, and Gouwa has nothing to do with your Yu family either. Please leave my house."

"Zaohua, Mother knows she was wrong. Please forgive Mother just this once, okay?"

I used to be confused. I thought it would be good if they lived in the county and you and I lived in the village so that we wouldn't bother each other. I was wrong and didn't consider your feelings.

That Chuncao is a vixen; she's bewitched Feng'er. I can't do anything about it; she's already pregnant, and I can't just send her away.

To her mother's surprise, her daughter was so cruel that she stole all of Feng'er's savings from all these years and ran away.

Feng'er also made a mistake in a moment of confusion, and now he's been sent to mine for 10 years. Mining? What kind of place is that? Whether he can come back is still uncertain.

Even if he comes back, he'll probably be ruined. Ten years, ten years! How many decades does a person have in their lifetime?

Zao Hua, I beg you, please let me stay and take care of you and Gouwa. The three of us can live a good life together from now on.

"Now I have nothing left but you and Gouwa'er."

"Auntie, no matter what you say, I won't let you stay. Since you've made your choice, you have to accept the arrangements of fate."

I don't want to have anything to do with the Yu family anymore, not now, and not in the future.

"Zaohua, how could you become so heartless? Think about how well we used to get along!"

"Aunt Yu, don't you feel guilty saying that? It's not that we get along well, it's just that you acted too well and fooled me like a fool."

Go away, go quickly, I don't want to see you again.